Sentences with phrase «afternoon nap and bedtime»

I don't want there to but too much time between afternoon nap and bedtime so I end up nursing him on the couch for a quick nap that he instantly falls a sleep.

-- Too big of a wakeful window between afternoon nap and bedtime, I wouldn't go over four hours at his age, and

Her daytime sleep windows are approximately 1.5 - 2 hours from wake up in the morning to morning nap and then 2 to 3 hours between morning nap and afternoon nap (assuming she has had a decent morning nap, at least 45 minutes long) and then the third nap is not an exact science in terms of the number of hours but you don't want our baby to be awake more than 4 hours between afternoon nap and bedtime, okay?

At least three hours should elapse between the end of an afternoon nap and bedtime.

I imagined toddlers cutely toddling (never climbing or spilling) between afternoon naps and bedtime stories.

Ezra has had a wonderfully predictable nap routine during the day since he was around five months old, and being able to know when I'll be back down to just one child on active duty (or zero, since afternoon naps and bedtimes usually overlap with each other), is a HUGE help.

Not exact matches

Amy, my little guy has been great with giving up all of the day time nursing but still asks for it right before bedtime and also if he lays down for a nap in the afternoon, which he doesn't do much anymore.

And that afternoon nap is his catch - up opportunity — the one who needs more sleep can take a longer afternoon snooze, and you will still have a long enough gap between the nap and bedtime so that you can put them down togethAnd that afternoon nap is his catch - up opportunity — the one who needs more sleep can take a longer afternoon snooze, and you will still have a long enough gap between the nap and bedtime so that you can put them down togethand you will still have a long enough gap between the nap and bedtime so that you can put them down togethand bedtime so that you can put them down together.

8 month old boy (who's in transition from nursing to formula & solids) 8 am - wake, diaper, nurse for 5 - ish minutes 8:30 am - breakfast in high chair (4 oz bottle + solids) 9:00 - 9:45 ish - play time (independent play then reading books & getting ready for nap) 10am - 11:30 am - morning nap 11:30 - 12 pm - wake up from nap, diaper, get dressed for day, etc ** if we go out to run errands this is the time we leave, and and we will stop to eat lunch while out 12 pm - lunch (8oz bottle + solids) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - play time 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - afternoon nap 3:30 - 4 pm - play time 4 pm - eat (8oz bottle + snack such as cheerios) 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm - play time (if he woke up early from afternoon nap, then sometimes he still takes a short cat nap during this timeframe 6:30 pm - dinner with family (solids in high chair) 7:00 pm - outdoor play time (baby swing, take a walk, etc) 8:00 pm - start of an 8oz bottle 8:30 pm - bath time, read books, finish rest of bottle 9:00 pm - bedtime.

If your toddler still takes an afternoon nap, then bedtime shouldn't be happening before 7 or 8 p.m. And speaking of naps — how close is that nap to bedtime?

Many babies get their days and nights mixed up, napping for long periods in the afternoon and waking up to play at bedtime.

If you push that afternoon nap to a later time, she may skip it completely, meaning she'll be completely exhausted and cranky by bedtime.

Try moving up your child's afternoon nap and cutting it shorter if necessary, and be sure to stick to your bedtime ritual.

I had them in a routine, feeding them first thing in the morning, again when they woke from their afternoon nap, and then again before bedtime.

I will say that by the time he got to around 3 months old things got a pretty difficult with the daytime nap situation; he just wouldn't sleep enough during the day, and it caused him to be very cranky from the late afternoon until bedtime.

And then you basically plan on your baby staying awake until bedtime, which will be four hours after whenever she woke up from the afternoon nap (so 7:30 / 8:30, in our hypothetical dream schedule above).

And that afternoon nap is his catch - up opportunity - the one who needs more sleep can take a longer afternoon snooze, and you will still have a long enough gap between the nap and bedtime so that you can put them down togethAnd that afternoon nap is his catch - up opportunity - the one who needs more sleep can take a longer afternoon snooze, and you will still have a long enough gap between the nap and bedtime so that you can put them down togethand you will still have a long enough gap between the nap and bedtime so that you can put them down togethand bedtime so that you can put them down together.

The child will then refuse to sleep in the afternoon (due to the long morning nap), and never make it until bedtime without a melt down.

I've been trying to not let it go so long so that he won't go down for an afternoon nap by 2 p.m. and he'll rest about an hour and I let him sleep no later than 4 p.m.. His bedtime is 7 p.m. at the latest (many times he's ready for his milk and bed by 6:45 p.m.) He goes down without any trouble and even if he lays awake for thirty minutes (sometimes longer) in his crib, he won't cry.

And naps that stretched late into the afternoon seemed to push back bedtime.

Archer is currently sleeping 2 hour naps in the afternoon and 12 hours at night, so I am still always working through naps as well as after his bedtime, on the regular.